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Psalm 115

1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

1 To you alone, O Lord, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.

2 Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

2 Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?"

3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.

4 Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

4 Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.

5 They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.

6 They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

6 They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.

7 They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

7 They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.

8 Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

8 May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.

9 O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

9 Trust in the Lord, you people of Israel. He helps you and protects you.

10 O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

10 Trust in the Lord, you priests of God. He helps you and protects you.

11 You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

11 Trust in the Lord, all you that worship him. He helps you and protects you.

12 The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

12 The Lord remembers us and will bless us; he will bless the people of Israel and all the priests of God.

13 He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.

13 He will bless everyone who honors him, the great and the small alike.

14 May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

14 May the Lord give you children - you and your descendants!

15 May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

15 May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

16 Heaven belongs to the Lord alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.

17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

17 The Lord is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.

18 But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

18 But we, the living, will give thanks to him now and forever. Praise the Lord!

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